New Orleans Music Legends Park on Bourbon Street is set to get a new operator as the French Market Corporation voted Tuesday to lease the site to Café Beignet, according to the Lens.

The move wrests control of the popular tourist destination from New Orleans Music Legends Inc., a politically connected nonprofit that leased the site for just $1 a year. However, a separate deal in the works would pay the nonprofit to maintain the statues of famous local musicians it installed years ago.

"The nonprofit is run by Dottie Belletto, an ally of Mayor Mitch Landrieu," according to the Lens. "Belletto's company, New Orleans Convention Company Inc., frequently handles events for the city and Landrieu's campaigns, to which she has contributed about $6,500 over the years. Belletto did not respond to The Lens' request for comment on this story."

The French Market's real estate committee voted unanimously to approve the lease to Café Beignet. The corporation's full board will vote on the proposal at its July 30 meeting.